But did you know he appeared in vignettes shortly afterward on WWF Superstars and WWF Challenge? I guess they wanted to get some more use out of the costume before it went into mothballs.

So here he is hanging out with such legends as Tugboat, Koko B. Ware, Saba Simba (I just love the serene, happy expression on Saba’s face as he marches in place like one of the Palace Guards from The Wizard Of Oz as the Gooker gobbles on in confusion), and The Bushwhackers.

Sadly, he disappeared (mostly) for good shortly after this. Oh no… Maybe Saba Simba hunted and ate him?! He did look sort of hungry!

I’d love to hear the story of how The Gooker and Tugboat met and became good friends. I have a feeling there’s a great story there that we’re just not hearing…

Can you imagine all of these characters together at some WWF office party? How fantastic would that be?

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Other then the usual stuff, I’m thankful for Wrestlecrap.com. I’m serious. Between the clip of what the superstars were thankful for and the Gooker vid, my earliest wrestling memories live again (my VHS are in storage). This site and it’s contributors never disapoint. Thank you all and happy holidays.

I would welcome Hector as the Gooker to return and be the referee in a Triple Threat Match between El Torito, The Bunny and Hornswoggle in Gator Suit, if it meant all those gimmicks would stop after the match was concluded.

Surely, WCW could have called a truce with Vince and have allowed the Black Scorpion to make a crossover appearance to set a new world record for the amount of crap allowed on screen at one given time.